Mechanism for vending cards and cartridges for target-shooting



A. COUAILLET AND P. DUSSOL. MECHANISM FOR VENDING CARDS AND CARTRlDG'ES FOR TARGET SHOOTING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1919. 1,371,604.

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MECHANISM FOR VENDING QARDS AND CARTRIDGES FOR TARGET SHOOTINGP ABPL/ICATION FILED JULY 18. 1919.

1,3?1,604, Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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APPLICATION .FILED JULY 18, I919.

Patented Mar. 15,- 1921.

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UNITED STATESTPATENT OFFICE.

Y ARMAND COUAILLET, OF ST. OUEN, AND IPIERRE'DUSSOL, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

7 MECHANISM FOR VENDING CARDS AND (31KB!!!RIDGES FOR TARGET-SHOOTING.

To all whom it mag concern: 7

Be it known that we, ARMAND COUAI-LLET, a citizen of theRepublic' of, France, and a resident of St. Ouen, Seine, France, and

PIERRE .DUSSOL, a citizen of the Republic of F rance, and a resident of Paris, Seine, France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mechanism for Vending Cards and Cartridges for Target-Shooting, which improvements are fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to mechanism for vendingtarget cards and cartridges for target shooting, operated by theintroduction of a coin thereinto. V p

A construction of the "ending mechanism according tothe invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanyingdrawing inrwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing the target-shooting apparatus complete with the vending mechanism arranged at ain front.

.Fig. 2 is a back view of thevending-mechanism, on an enlarged scale, allthe parts being mounted on the front plate securedto a doorb visible inFig. 1, and thecasing or box containingthe parts ofthe .distributer being-removed. V

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the mechanism.

Figs. 4 and flare detail views.

.Figs'fi to 11 relate to the cartridge'magazine andjassociated parts, and show the sameon, an enlarged scale.

Fig. 1 6 v is a a view in elevation of the :mag-

azine.

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-- ig'. 8-;is'ja bottom viewof-the distributor element of -the magazine, the lower, plate w',-be i;ng omitted. V i I,

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Fig.- 10is abottom plan view of the comf plete operating mechanism for the imagaz ne.

ranged: at 0, the,- slot through which the coinis introduced, at d the: outlet. ordis- .:chargeopeningfflthe cardsdelivered, at e partsof'the mechanism canbe operated as soonas the coin has-been introduced.

' return ofithe Fig. ll is abottom plan View of plate :v' 'Qn;the--front door;b of the'casing are ar Specification of Letters Patent." t t Man 15, 1921 Application filed July 18, 1919. Serial No. 311,841.

The coin, after having been introduced at 0, drops, if the pathis free into a chute c and passes at 9 into a recessed portion or pocket of a disk g.

If, when the coin is thus at g,

the operating handle f is turned, the disk 9" will be 'rotated, and owing to the presence of the coin, the latter will raise a lever g pivoted about a pm 9".

rotatable about a pivot 71". This arm 13 terminates in a knob j engaging in the fork is securedto an ejector is. When the cam 11 is rotated,the roller 2" is'moved so as to bring about a sliding movement of the ejector k in the direction ofthe arrow 1 (Fig. 3). The said ejector 7c pushes forward, during its movement in the direction of the arrow 1, the last card of the pile of target cards contained in the chamber 70. This card is expelled through the slot d provided in the front plate of the apparatus. ,The cam z has such an outline that, during one portion of its rotation, the card is slowly moved in the direction of the arrow 1, and at the end of the said rotation, the platek is suddenly brought back to its rear position in order to place it conveniently into the desired position for a new operation. This sudden plate It is effected by a spring Z (Fig. 3).

At the bottom of the target card compartment is there is disposed an upstanding pro-- jection or tenon Z which is provided upon the free end of the horizontal lower arm Z of a bell-crank lever 11, whose upper or verticalarm Z.is adapted to be moved into and out of position to close the coin slot .0 and, hence, acts as a shutter therefor. The said'lever 11 is suitably pivoted at 11 to the adjacent wall of the casing a, and is subjected tothe action of a spring 12, which is connected to its upper arm so as to ull the same into slot-closing position. he tenon Z is adapted to support the stack of cards contained in the compartment which rest directly upon it and, by reason of their weight, force it downward against the ac- -opposite tothe useful direction, is prev'ented'by a ratchet Wheel m aga nst which I stat resul 'tion oi spiing" 12, with the result that the upper 'or shutter arm Z is moved away from the coinslot When all of the cards have been discharged from the compart inent, the spring 12 is enabled to shift the shutter armWinto position between the coin slot and the chute .0, with the. result i scribed, the coin is carried by the disk g,

and-whet it-isdtitllQbOttOiil ofthepath described j; the latter, itdrops into the box whence,

than be subsequently withdrawn. dictation of; the disk' 9 in the direction pressesthe pawl m.

Rotation of the spindle on which" is mounted the disk 6' which; as has been 7.

"One'of the characteristic i'eatur'es oftlic apparatus consists in the presentation of the twof cartridges 'inquestion. As shown in Fig; 5," thcse cartridges are 'connectedtogetheiy ngroups of twos,by means of a paper sleeve 0, 'andat each rotation oithe cam 15, a block or two cartridges thus consti- 'tut'ed; drops into the cup 16.

ich a nbers 0".

"tributer 0 v n zine; as will be understood. The upper The cartridges, grouped 'n twos,-as stated,f arestaclrcd iii vertical reservoirs or chambers o (Fig. 7) arranged radiallyaround ani'upper plate or cover 0 and a lowerdisthe whole constituting am'a-g-iplateJ T provided with slots through which the cartridges can beintroduced into pre erably conforming in" shapeto that of tl H p "in,-'''said "stop "havingat its outer end a haiiiber so to enable it to slide there threaded stein which projects through avertical'slot 0 in the chamber andcarries a' suitable cl ainping nut. adapted to be tight eiiedagainst the chamberiwall after the stop "has beeii'pressed down upon the top of the wall-and supports 'the' magazine, such j' movement being effected. by means of the "120 stack of cartridges.

The putting in placelof the magazine in the apparatus is exceedingly simple: The: lower member 03 of the distributer ele mento is provided with acentral hollow projection 4 which is adapted to receive a pin or screw 21;, the latter thus centeringthe distributer on the plate. p carrying the 'con- .trol or 'operatingpartsj At the'top of the -"magazine is slidably mounted a curved aini q'which terminates in a 'disk g 'i which disk 'g"against'the plate is held in'place.

i results in the delivery of a'card, also i's'in the falling into the cup 6, oi two' CiiltllClgZSWVhlCil can be tired.

.thesame shape in the plate 0". The curved arm g has always the tendency to press the '0 of the distributer, under 'theactionoi' a spring g1, and

. owing to the engagement of the disk q in the aidorifice in the plate '0", the magazine -If it is desired to remove a magazine, and either to fill it direct with cartridges, or to 1 replace it by a full magazine, it isnecessary .75

to'move the disk- 9 :away from theplate 05. To that end, the end rof a controlling lever r mounted on a oivot 0 ":is de ressed-theoppositeendof the said leveri pressing. up-

. wardly g s the lower end 9 the rod g. The leverfrcarries-moreover a i t d 8 provided-with a hook s which can engage under a fined stop Ipin S -mOUDt GClbQlllDtl the front plate a. y acting on the endr of the lever 1, the 11001: 8' is caused toens5 gage the stop 8' The rod is'thereiore moved upwardly away from the" plate 0" and held in 'its new position. It is then-- possible freely to effect the changing of'th'e magazine or its filling. When this opera stop 's The springr" suddenly returns then the diskthe plate 0".

gto the hole provided in Rotation ofthecartridge magazine allows a-pair of cartridges to'be delivered in the r following manner: Y i. I i

Thespindle of dislr'g (Fig. 2) carries a crank 16 (Figs-.2 and 10) which'is pivoted at one end to a connecting red It; The'other end of this red 25 ispivoted to' a tenon t mounted on an arinu adapted to oscillate v about thepin 'pfsaid arm carrying a yertiln' o'rderto preventthe can" 'tridge'sl from shifting and becoming jammed in 'tli'e cl ainbers 0 during transportation, J there is arranged in each chamber a stop (I),

and 8) and thereby efi'ects the rotation of" the distributer-through a. certain angle-during its inovement in-one direction, the pawl moving idly along the ratchet during its return stroke. ;The finger a' on; which pawl 11 5 2 is p voted has a lab-and-fro sliding movement a slot 3, (Fig; '10) formed inathe plate 7;which islfa'ste'ned to the casing crank 25 and connecting rod-'5". The plate w abovereferred to is centeredupon the pin 39 by meansof its central tubular pro jection'orlug a (see Fig.- 9) -whicha'lso centersfthe distributer element o' "I a'nd, hence,

with a ratchet a: formed 1 around the'distributer 0 (see Figs. 4, 6 110 Fig/10); The plate 429" is cut away at 6 to register with the open lower ends of the successive cartridge chambers 0; and said plate m', moreover, carries upon its upper face in contact with the disdistributer disk 0" a scraper 0c. An annular recess or groove 8 (Figs. 8 and 9) formed in the part 0 receives the scraper, the depth of said recess being approximately equal to the diameter of a group of two cartridges. Under these conditions when the distributor 0 is turned, the scraper m which alin'es with the slot 6 in'plate 00" and with a slot 10 in plate 39, picks up in the cartridge chamber 0, which turns toward it, the lowermost cartridge couple. The latter is discharged through the open lower end of the chamber and through the registering openings 6 and 10 into the cup 6 as soon as it is brought into line with the same, the scraper keeping the remaining cartridges piled up in the chamber 0' which momentarily alines with said openings.

lVe claim as our invention 1. In a machine for vending target cards and cartridges for target shooting, the combination of separate magazines to contain the cards and cartridges; an ejector associated individually with each magazine; an operating shaft; and means operatively connected to said shaft for producing at substantially the same time a relative movement between both magazines and their associated ejectons, to effect the discharge of articles from both magazines substantially simultaneously. 7

2. In a machine for vending target cards and cartridges for target shooting, the combination of separate magazines to contain the cards and cartridges, an ejector associated individually with each magazine, one magazine being mounted to rotate relatively to the corresponding ejector, and the other ejector being mounted to reciprocate in the other magazlne; an operating shaft; and connections between said shaft and the rotary magazine and reciprocatory ejector for actuating said magazine and ejector when the shaft is rotated to effect the discharge of articles from both magazines substantially simultaneously.

3. In a machine for vending target cards and cartridges for target shooting, the combination of separate magazines to contain the cards and cartridges, one of which magazines is rotatably mounted; an ejector associated individually with each magazine; an operating shaft; and means operatively connected to said shaft for turning the rotary magazine relatively to its ejector and simultaneously moving the other ejector relatively to the other magazine to effect the discharge of articles from both magazines substantially simultaneously.

4. In a vending machine, the combination of a magazine unit comprising a plurality of vertical chambers and a distributer at the bottom of the magazine having an internal annular recess into which the delivery ends of all of said chambers open and a discharge slot leading from the recess; means for imparting a step-by-step rotary movement to said magazine unit; and a stationary ejector disposed within said recess for discharging one at a time through said slot the articles delivered from the successive chambers into said recess.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARMAN D COUAILLET. PIERRE DUSSOL. W'itrlesses:

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